Upgrading Windows 7 to RAID0

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saturnjct

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I built my own Core i5 computer last year. The motherboard (Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2) is capable of RAID0, but at the time I only could afford the one hard drive. I now have a second matching hard drive (WD Caviar Black 500GB).

The big question is, would it be possible to convert my system to use the second drive in RAID0, or would I have to re-install from scratch? :confused:
 
you could use the image utility. create an image of your drive to a secondary device. then create your raidset, then re-image your OS back onto your new array.
you can us3e win7 built in utility, or acronis is what i use.
 
Thanks for the replies. I think I'll first try Computurd's suggestion and create a full image of my current boot drive, set up the raid and restore the image. I don't have Acronis, so I'll look into the possibility of using the Windows 7 tools first.
 
yes it will save you tons of time man. i feel like i was living in the dark ages before i learned about imaging, especially overclocking and stuff where i was losing arrays like crazy chasing clocks on PCMV and shit, i wasted fucking years of my life reinstalling. GAH! now give me ten minutes and im DONE, all it is is copy time too. no work, no thought. thats what im best at :)
 
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